Finished inking today! Have I mentioned lately how much I love working with real vellum?!?
I modified the pencil draft a bit since my last post. I added a hammer in the upper right corner and a feather shap (it will be red) as a line filler. I’ve been toying with the idea of trying to incorporate a small red feather into the scrolls I do as a way of pictorially signing them. I guess I could have used a cinquefoil.
Next, I am going to put a red tint on all the places I plan on guilding. The gum arabic is already softening. Most of the guilding will be small dots here and there. I am debating if the bar across the top and down the left will also be guilded. I may do it half red and half blue with white work on it. Hmmmmmm…..